Robe CycFX 8s Help Raise The Dead!

US-based Lighting designer Seth Jackson recently used 14 x CycFX 8s, by Robe, on the upstage truss for Alice Cooper's Raise The Dead Tour, which also included a number of dates as special guests on Mötley Crüe's All Bad Things Must Come To An End farewell tour.

The CycFX 8 units travelled in Tyler Truss sections and were used for scenarios where space was too tight onstage for any ground-rows to up-light the backdrop...as well as to provide a unique reveal ensuring Cooper's show had its own distinctive look and feel, the company says.

Alice Cooper--known for his bloodthirsty rock shows and elaborate make up is highly theatrical as well as a diehard rocker!

Jackson had always liked DHA's original "digital light curtain," so when Robe launched the Cyc FX--one of a raft of Robe innovations to hit the market in 2013--he was "thrilled" to find a modern digital version of that classic effect that was also robust and built to tour.

"In addition to that," he says, "It's a terrific wash fixture that lights a drop really evenly, and the color-system is excellent, with a broad range of pastels right through to deep saturates".

The CycFX 8s were supplied by Bandit Lites.

This unique product offers an array of individually controllable 15W RGBW LED modules equally spaced along a batten with a fully adjustable 8° - 67° zoom. The batten has a 270° tilt movement which can be precision indexed or programmed to produce rapid sweeping movements. Pre-set color macros and individual pixel control aid quick and easy programing, the company says, and effects like tungsten lamp emulation and fade in/out at 2,700K and 3,200K are also included.

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